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LIVE STOCK. 



OXEN. 



THIS part of the produce of the farm, is that 

 by which the occupier realizes, frequently, the 

 principal part of his profits. Americans are 

 fond of good living ; and would consider they 

 dined poorly indeed, if they had no other 

 viands than the choicest vegetable productions. 

 They must enjoy the substantial and savoury 

 blessings of beef and bacon, mutton, lamb, and 

 veal, and all the varieties of poultry and of 

 game, or they (at least the wealthier classes) 

 think themselves objects of comuassion, re- 

 stricted to vegetable diet ! 



